TOTTENHAM are ready to smash their pay structure to bring Emmanuel Adebayor back to White Hart Lane on a permanent deal.

Spurs are in talks withManchester City over a £10million move for Adebayor, financed by the sale of Luka Modric.

A deal stalled at the end of last term as Spurs chairman Daniel Levy was unwilling to meet the Togo star’s massive £170,000 weekly wages.

A compromise has now been reached, with the striker collecting a big signing-on fee and agreeing a wage package of about £115,000 a week on a three-year contract.

It will make him Spurs highest-paid player ever.

Adebayor was a major Tottenham success last season, scoring 18 goals in 37 games. Manager Andre Villas-Boas has already added two players to his squad in the week since he arrived – Iceland midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson from Hoffenheim and Ajax defender Jan Vertonghen.

Spurs are in talks with Manchester City over a £10million move for Adebayor